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Armchair Theatre

Season 4 1959 - 1960

  • 1959-09-12T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 1d 8h 3m (38 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation. Its franchise successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.

38 episodes

Season Premiere

1959-09-12T23:00:00Z

4x01 The Scent of Fear

Season Premiere

4x01 The Scent of Fear

  • 1959-09-12T23:00:00Z50m

1959-09-19T23:00:00Z

4x02 After the Show

4x02 After the Show

  • 1959-09-19T23:00:00Z50m

Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal mistress.She's a young, bohemian type and Victor is smitten. She leads him on and he takes her out, but after meeting her friends, realises she's not for him.

1959-09-26T23:00:00Z

4x03 Worm In The Bud

4x03 Worm In The Bud

  • 1959-09-26T23:00:00Z50m

1959-10-03T23:00:00Z

4x04 Light From a Star

4x04 Light From a Star

  • 1959-10-03T23:00:00Z50m

Why is the immortal Karinskaya reluctant to come out of retirement and star in a new film? The mystery that has kept the world's most passionate actress a woman alone is revealed aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean.

1959-10-11T00:00:00Z

4x05 The Thought of Tomorrow

4x05 The Thought of Tomorrow

  • 1959-10-11T00:00:00Z50m

1959-10-18T00:00:00Z

4x06 No Trams to Lime Street

4x06 No Trams to Lime Street

  • 1959-10-18T00:00:00Z50m

Three sailors arrive at their home town, Liverpool, in a drama about the problems of Anglo-Welsh/Anglo-Irish identity, and coming to terms with conflicts with their fathers.

1959-10-25T00:00:00Z

4x07 A Trick of the Sun

4x07 A Trick of the Sun

  • 1959-10-25T00:00:00Z50m

4x08 A Shilling for the Evil Day

  • 1959-11-01T00:00:00Z50m

1959-11-08T00:00:00Z

4x09 Small Fish Are Sweet

4x09 Small Fish Are Sweet

  • 1959-11-08T00:00:00Z50m

1959-11-15T00:00:00Z

4x10 The Last of the Brave

4x10 The Last of the Brave

  • 1959-11-15T00:00:00Z50m

1959-11-22T00:00:00Z

4x11 Suspicious Mind

4x11 Suspicious Mind

  • 1959-11-22T00:00:00Z50m

1959-11-29T00:00:00Z

4x12 The Rebel and the Soldier

4x12 The Rebel and the Soldier

  • 1959-11-29T00:00:00Z50m

1959-12-06T00:00:00Z

4x13 Dr Kabil

4x13 Dr Kabil

  • 1959-12-06T00:00:00Z50m

1959-12-20T00:00:00Z

4x15 The Golden Horn

4x15 The Golden Horn

  • 1959-12-20T00:00:00Z50m

1959-12-27T00:00:00Z

4x16 The Last Tycoon

4x16 The Last Tycoon

  • 1959-12-27T00:00:00Z50m

4x17 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

  • 1960-03-01T00:00:00Z50m

1960-01-10T00:00:00Z

4x18 Where I Live

4x18 Where I Live

  • 1960-01-10T00:00:00Z1h

Dad has been living with daughter Jessy for years and she needs a break. She suggests he could live with her prosperous brother George whom Dad constantly praises but George refuses. Dad realises he has been rejected by both his children.

1960-01-17T00:00:00Z

4x19 Misfire

4x19 Misfire

  • 1960-01-17T00:00:00Z50m

1960-04-23T23:00:00Z

4x20 A Night Out

4x20 A Night Out

  • 1960-04-23T23:00:00Z53m

1960-01-24T00:00:00Z

4x21 Fifth Floor People

4x21 Fifth Floor People

  • 1960-01-24T00:00:00Z50m

1960-01-31T00:00:00Z

4x22 Cold Fury

4x22 Cold Fury

  • 1960-01-31T00:00:00Z50m

1960-02-07T00:00:00Z

4x23 Night Panic

4x23 Night Panic

  • 1960-02-07T00:00:00Z50m

1960-02-14T00:00:00Z

4x24 Come in Razor Red

4x24 Come in Razor Red

  • 1960-02-14T00:00:00Z50m

1960-02-21T00:00:00Z

4x25 Guardian Angel

4x25 Guardian Angel

  • 1960-02-21T00:00:00Z50m

4x26 Pink String and Sealing Wax

  • 1960-02-28T00:00:00Z1h

1960-03-06T00:00:00Z

4x27 China Doll

4x27 China Doll

  • 1960-03-06T00:00:00Z50m

1960-03-13T00:00:00Z

4x28 Some Talk of Alexander

4x28 Some Talk of Alexander

  • 1960-03-13T00:00:00Z50m

Ex-Sergeant Blanco White trying to adjust to civilian life after 31 years in the Guards Regiment goes into partnership with Mrs Klein, a local greengrocer.

4x29 The Girl in the Market Square

  • 1960-03-20T00:00:00Z50m

The girl of the title is found dead as a result of a car hit and run accident. However both the town and the driver regard his importance above the girl's to warrant any further attention from the police.

1960-03-27T00:00:00Z

4x30 Roman Gesture

4x30 Roman Gesture

  • 1960-03-27T00:00:00Z50m

1960-04-03T00:00:00Z

4x31 After the Funeral

4x31 After the Funeral

  • 1960-04-03T00:00:00Z50m

1960-04-10T00:00:00Z

4x32 The Leather Jungle

4x32 The Leather Jungle

  • 1960-04-10T00:00:00Z50m

1960-04-16T23:00:00Z

4x33 Hold My Hand, Soldier

4x33 Hold My Hand, Soldier

  • 1960-04-16T23:00:00Z50m

1960-04-23T23:00:00Z

4x34 A Night Out

4x34 A Night Out

  • 1960-04-23T23:00:00Z50m

4x35 A Phone Call for Matthew Quade

  • 1960-04-30T23:00:00Z50m

Matthew Quade fears he is all washed up,waits by the phone for a call to prove otherwise.

1960-05-07T23:00:00Z

4x36 The Innocent

4x36 The Innocent

  • 1960-05-07T23:00:00Z50m

A famous pop singer becomes involved in a murder trial.

Season Finale

1960-05-14T23:00:00Z

4x37 Nest of Four

Season Finale

4x37 Nest of Four

  • 1960-05-14T23:00:00Z50m

1960-05-28T23:00:00Z

4x38 On The Spot

4x38 On The Spot

  • 1960-05-28T23:00:00Z50m
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